1 Corinthians 11:12
for just as woman came from man, so man comes by means of woman; and all things come from God.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
In Context
11Still, when in union with the Lord, woman is not independent of man, or man of woman;
Cross References
1 Corinthians 8:6Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things come (and for him we live), and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things come (and through him we live).
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 11:2-17
Directions Concerning Attire; Female Subjection. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head… Read the whole commentary →